sensational baby sleep plan... the biggest load of ****

[jandmmum]

by Alison Scott-Wright
In desperation to get more sleep I got this book out the library. I have never read such an anti- bf book ever. It makes BW look spot-on!
Little gems include:
(RE nighttime feeds)
if you are bfing but would like the alternative of a bottle on future you must introduce your baby to the bottle in the first few weeks or you'll be stuck with exclusive bfing.
it's best to feed from the breast at night for the first couple of weeks but by week2 or 3 you cam replace one of the night feeds with a bottle of ebm or ff.
if you are still bfing at night your baby may continue to wake more frequently because he likes the warm snuggle!
at the end of the day you might be too tired and not have enough milk
at the end of the day baby may be too tired to tale full feed from breast
as need for nighttime feeds decrease you can dilute ff -less scoops to same water
I could go on. If I read this book and didn't know any better I'm not sure if I would have started bfing let alone been able to continue. Some books should cone with a bf health warning...and I'm still no closer to getting some sleep

It doesn't necessarily follow that if you introduce a bottle early you won't have problems. I mostly breast fed with occasional bottle from a few weeks with both mine. Number 1 switched with out trouble, number 2 has started refusing bottles at 4 months after previously taking them and nothing I do seems to work to get him to drink it. I agree though, a bottle refuser is a nightmare, I feel utterly trapped. I've had to cancel my weekly dance class and turn down evening invites as I can't leave him with my husband for fear he'll need a feed while I'm out. :(

(Zombie thread:) )

At four months, most bf babies are able to go a couple of hours or so without a feed, if they have a loving and hard-working carer prepared to do the jiggling and patting and playing that most babies of this age will grudgingly accept if mum's not around. It might not be a whole lotta fun and it might be intense and challenging, but it will not be a nightmare if the carer is creative - including taking the baby out in the car or pram (well wrapped up if it's in a snowstorm :) - and confident.

It won't help to fight the baby to take a bottle.

A healthy baby will be fine waiting to be fed until mummy comes back.